COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEP 5016 FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Environmental Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

Environmental Education

Course Objective

Through this course designed to students with low ecological knowledge it is aimed to make students know basic concepts and models of the science of environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Investigate historical development of the term ecology
2   Define and associate the basic concepts in ecology
3   Explain bio-chemical cycles
4   Define biotic and abiotic factors
5   Evaluate population distributions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of ecology, Fundamental concepts of ecology
2 Biotic and abiotic factors
3 Populations and factors limiting distributions
4 Competition, Predation, Herbivory
5 Abundance and distribution at the community level
6 Community structure and stability,
7 Biodiversity,
8 Biodiversity,
9 Competition, Ecosystems,
10 Productivity,
11 Flow of energy,
12 Primary and secondary production,
13 Nutrient cycles and human impacts
14 Biogeochemical cycles.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Agarwal SK (2008) Fundamentals of Ecology. Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi.
2-Barnes RSK, Mann KH (editors)(2009) Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecology. 2nd editions, Blackwell Scientific Publication, Oxford.
3-Begon M, Harper JL, Townsend CR (1990) Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. Blackwell Science, Boston, MA.
4-Dash MC (1993) Fundamentals of Ecology. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
5-Kormondy EJ, Brown DE (1998) Fundamentals of Human Ecology. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
6-Krebs CJ (2000) Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance. Addison-Wesley. San Francisco, CA.
7-Odum E, Barrett GW (editors) (2005) Fundamentals of Ecology. 5th editions, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA.
8-Townsend CR, Harper JL, Begon M (2000) Essentials of Ecology. Blackwell Science. Malden

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework, students portfolio, mid-term exam, final exam, semester project, inquiry report

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE STT * 0.40 + FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) STT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the term work scores in semester. The exam dates will be indicated in the lesson plan. As the exam dates become definite, the previously announced dates may change.

Assessment Criteria

In-class participation and written homework, end-of-semester final homework and short report presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Behaviours such as copying in exams, clashing and making intials in the publications will be concluded with the opening of a disciplinary investigation.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes and term work scores will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.gumus@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-16:00; Thursday-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 3 39
Pre Class Self Study 13 5 65
Project Preparation 1 15 15
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Paper Preparation 1 15 15
Research Presentation 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1311223
LO.2311223
LO.3311223
LO.4311223
LO.5311223

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